Smothered Chicken Breasts. Sprinkle chicken with salt and lemon pepper. In same skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. The Best Smothered Chicken Breast Recipes on Yummly

Season to your liking with salt, pepper,and garlic powder (both sides). Smothered Chicken Recipe Also Easy Diabetic Recipe. Not only will your family love this Smothered Chicken breasts recipe, but you will also feel good about giving them a healthy - even diabetic friendly - home cooked meal, all in a matter of minutes! You can cook Smothered Chicken Breasts using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Smothered Chicken Breasts

It's of Chicken.
It's 4 of Skinless Chicken Breasts.
It's 1/4 tsp of Season Salt.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of Lemon-pepper Seasoning.
Prepare 1 tbsp of Canola Oil.
It's of Topping For Chicken.
It's 4 of Bacon Strips.
You need 1 medium of Onion.
Prepare 1/4 cup of Brown Sugar.
You need 1/2 cup of Shredded Cheese.

Combine the flour, onion powder, paprika and cayenne pepper in a shallow dish. Season with salt and black pepper and stir to combine. Dare I say it's even better? This baked smothered chicken recipe has been kicking around in the deep, dark, archives of the site and I decided it was due time that I give it a little bit of love.

Smothered Chicken Breasts step by step

To start, sprinkle chicken with season salt and lemon-pepper. In a large skillet cook the chicken in the canola oil until cooked through. Remove and keep warm..
In that same skillet, cook the bacon (cut in half to make 8 pieces,) until crisp..
Drain skillet keeping 2 tablespoons of the juices..
Add the 2 tablespoons to a skillet, saute the onion and brown sugar until onion is tender and golden brown..
Place two bacon pieces on top of each chicken. Top with the onion mix, and then shredded cheese (of your choice, I use colby.).
(from taste of home recipes).

Smothered chicken is a down home comforting dish that takes on many forms depending on the cook and their interpretation of the dish. This is a "no fuss" version that's smothered with gravy and a healthy dose of home cooked love. It's baked in one of my most beloved kitchen tools, my cast iron dutch oven. My favorite chicken was Southern Smothered Chicken. My mom made the best smothered chicken when I was younger ( I have her beat now :-p ).